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File 5184/1913 Persian Gulf: status of Bushire Residency [‎165r] (334/390)

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The record is made up of 1 volume (191 folios). It was created in 1913-1931. It was written in English. The original is part of the British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity. .

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GOVERNMENT OF INDIA.
FINANCE DEPARTMENT.
Enclosures to despatch No. 366 of 1914.
1
roara- j:
Enclosure No. i.
No. 1730 , dated Bushire, the 4 th August ^ 12 .
From—The Political Resident A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency. in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , —-
To—The Secretary to the Government of India in the Foreign Department.
I have the honour, with the highest respect, to urge the Government of
India to take into their wise and sympathetic consideration the claims of
the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. Residency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India. , on its comparative merits, to be raised to the
status of a First Class Residency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India. , both on administrative grounds and in view
of the increasing extent and impoitance of the interests with which it is
charged.
2. Approaching the subject first from the purely administrative standpoint,
I beg to observe that
(*) the past decade has witnessed a large increase in the personnel of
gazetted Political and Consular Officers serving within the
sphere. Thus, whereas before 1900 they were only 7 in number
besides the Resident, namely, the First Assistant, and the Extra
Assistant and Residency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India. Surgeon at Bushire, the Political Agent A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency.
and Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. Surgeon at Muscat, and the Consular Representatives
at Kerman and Mohammerah, they now number 18 exclusive of
His Majesty’s Consul at Shiraz (wde sub-enclosure 1).
(it) As a natural result of this creation and development of gazetted posts
there has been a steady i:'crease year by year in the volume of
letter correspondence, failing to the Residency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India. ; correspondence
which has become quadrupled in the last 20 years and double in
the last io, and is still increasirg at the rate of about 5 per cent,
per annum (vide sub-enclosure 2).
(m) There has also been a very large increase, both as regards receipts
and issues, in the telegraphic correspondence, the volume of
which has increased 8 times in the past 10 years and is still increas
ing at the rate of nearly 10 per cent, per annum.
I may mention that by far the greater proportion of the telegraph work is
in cypher and forms a very heavy item in the ministerial duties of
the post; a fact which has been recognised by Mr. J. B. Wood in
his report to Government on the working of the Residency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India. Office.
(Letter No. 9, dated Bushire, 24th March 1912, to which I beg a
reference—Extract sub-enclosure 3).
The increase results from no preventable cause, being due partly to the
insecure state of the roads, which makes correspondence by letter
futile • partly to the acceleration of business methods and machinery
in general; and partly again to the fact that of late years the
affairs of Southern Persia and the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. have entered more
prominently into the arena of Middle Eastern politics.
(iv) The development of lively foreign competition for the trade of the
Gulf and the entry, on regular lines, of powerful German and
Russian Steamship Companies into the carrying trade and the
necessity on our part to lese no effort to keep the competition in
check has entailed a much closer attention than of old on t e
part of British representatives in general and of the Resident in
particular, to the problems and openings of commerce within his
sphere.
in checking it,

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The volume focuses on two main topics. The first is the status of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. Political Residency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India. at Bushire: a proposal to raise its status to a first class residency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India. in 1915 (see folios 152-58) and subsequent proposals to reduce its status back to a second class residency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India. in 1926 (see folios 90-130). The second topic is the appointment of new staff to the Residency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India. : a Treasury Officer (folios 169-190 and 133-51), a Personal Assistant to the Political Resident A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency. (folios 54-89), a Stenographer (folios 48-53), and a Cypher Clerk (folios 5-47). It includes details on the salaries and allowances of these appointments, and of proposed revisions. A copy of The Fundamental Rules, 1922 outlines the pay, terms, and conditions for officers employed by the Government of India; see folios 103-25.

The principal correspondents are as follows: the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. Political Resident A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency. , the Foreign Secretary to the Government of India, the Viceroy of India, the Secretary of State for India, the Under Secretary of State for India, the Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, and officials of the India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. and the Foreign Office.

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1 volume (191 folios)
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The papers in the volume are arranged loosely in reverse chronological order from the front to the rear of the volume.

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Foliation: The foliation sequence commences at the front cover with 1 and terminates at the inside back cover with 193; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio.

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